My Q701 arrived today. First impressions: they actually sound very decent out of the box, still I left my music playing through them for 5 hours while going to school/work, seems like now they've opened up a tiny bit. With the Asgard I have to crank the volume close to 12 o'clock to get the same volume as my D7000 at 10, so definitely not as efficient as the Denon, but I expected that. Build quality is not as good as it seems in pictures but for ~200 bucks I'm satisfied, this will make a good throw-around pair

I would say E17 is a food option. Never used TubeDac (looking into one for myself) but I can say E17 is great for only 150

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Originally Posted by jasonb

I'll agree and say E17. It's great for only $140.

Thanks for the reply,

But i believe the E17 do not have an optical input. It's very important because i will watch alot of movies on my TV. Also, i forgot to mention that im looking more into desktop Amp/DAC because i don't want to have batteries to worry about.

But i believe the E17 do not have an optical input. It's very important because i will watch alot of movies on my TV. Also, i forgot to mention that im looking more into desktop Amp/DAC because i don't want to have batteries to worry about.

It does have optical input. The battery life is also very good. I use mine about 2-4 hours a day and only charge it once a week.

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Originally Posted by Ren19

Thanks for the reply,

But i believe the E17 do not have an optical input. It's very important because i will watch alot of movies on my TV. Also, i forgot to mention that im looking more into desktop Amp/DAC because i don't want to have batteries to worry about.

I finally pulled the trigger and purchased a new black Q701 from Ebay dealer . Now I need to think of a headphone amp . I am thinking of the Littledot I + so I can play with tweaking . Does this amp have enough power to drive the Q701? I dont need a DAC for now as I will be using the output from the SB Touch or from my Onkyo Receiver for Movies . This headphone set up is for secondary listening only because I still like the sound from my speakers .